St Nicholas's Church, Berwick Bassett

St Nicholas's Church
Location Berwick Bassett, Wiltshire England
Coordinates 51°27′39″N 1°51′35″W / 51.46083°N 1.85972°W / 51.46083; -1.85972Coordinates: 51°27′39″N 1°51′35″W / 51.46083°N 1.85972°W / 51.46083; -1.85972
Built 15th century
Listed Building – Grade II*
Designated 27 February 1958[1]
Reference no. 1365565
Location of St Nicholas's Church in Wiltshire

St Nicholas's Church in Berwick Bassett, Wiltshire, England dates from the early 13th century.[2] It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building,[1] and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[3] It was declared redundant on 30 June 1972, and was vested in the Trust on 12 December 1973.[4]

The church can only be approached by a pedestrian footpath.[5] The red brick chancel was built between 1199 and 1221, with the nave being added in 14th century and built of sarsen stone.[1][6] On the south wall is a scratch dial.[7] The interior includes a font from the 13th century and a rood screen from the 15th.[6] The pulpit, altar rail and pews are from the 19th century.[1] There is a trefoiled piscina, which is a shallow basin used for washing the communion vessels.[1] The monuments include four wall tablets including those to Henry Webb, who died in 1776, John Nalder, a 1794 death, and Elizabeth Nalder, dating from 1835.[1]

In the 1660s the church was visited by John Aubrey who described the memorials and tombs he saw.[8] In 1857 the church had a major restoration by Thomas Henry Wyatt.[1] This included replacement of the original wooden structure with the current stone tower which contains three bells dating from the 17th century.[6] At this point the walls were rendered and whitewashed.[1] The parish joined with Avebury and Winterbourne Monkton in 1970 and is now part of the benefice of Upper Kennett.[6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Historic England, "Church of St. Nicholas, Berwick Bassett (1365565)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 9 April 2015
  2. ↑ "Berwick Bassett". A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 17: Calne. British History Online. 2002. pp. 9–17. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  3. ↑ St Nicholas' Church, Berwick Bassett, Wiltshire, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 1 April 2011
  4. ↑ Diocese of Salisbury: All Schemes (PDF), Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2011, p. 1, retrieved 1 April 2011
  5. ↑ "St. Nicholas, Berwick Bassett, Wiltshire, England". Duncan & Mandy Ball. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Church of St. Nicholas, Berwick Bassett". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "The Marlborough Sundial Trail in Wiltshire, England". Sundials UK. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "John Aubrey's Visit to St. Nicholas, Berwick Bassett, Wiltshire". Duncan & Mandy Ball. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
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